Maintenance Engineer        

£35,000 - £45,000 plus OT

Preston

6-2/2-10/10-6 shift pattern,

Our client is offering a salary reflecting experience with Overtime which could earn you up to £50 - 60k plus, 5% Pension, death in service 3x salary, bonus scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank, friday night shift reduced hours or the day off, and sick pay scheme,

My client is a privately owned distributor of Consumer Packaging, Industrial Packaging and Engineered Materials packaging to the food & beverage, personal care, automotive, agriculture and alcohol markets. They require an engineer that is happy to be involved in a mixture of installations, breakdowns, and PPM work on packaging & extrusion machinery.

Responsibilities include

• Dealing with a great number of electrical issues with machinery
• Be able to read electrical diagrams to re wire and wire, deal with repair and replace single phase and three phase motors. 
• You will effectively lead and service and repair the machinery equipment & assets.
• You will be required to work on some mechanical issues including hydraulics and pneumatics work,
• Have experience replacing and repairing invertors, relays, AC & DC 3 phase motor Drives.
• Commissioning of new machinery, Breakdowns, service & installation
• You will be able to read as well as understand electrical diagrams and schematics, dealing with any electrical circuits, wiring or re wiring.
• Understanding and dealing with the replacement of ethernet cables and dealing with 415vlt machinery.

Essential:

• Strong customer service skills
• Must be comfortable with big machinery.
• Experience of packaging, fmcg, industrial or another manufacturing industry.
• Must be able to understand electrical diagrams, deal with single phase and three phase motors
• Have a good understanding of invertors, relays, and fault finding
• Strong Electrical background with mechanical experience.
• A related qualification in mechanical engineering or similar
• City & Guilds experience is welcome

Note - Electricians who want to learn mechanical engineering can also apply. There will be options to take on extra qualifications for engineers who apply themselves.

If you are interested in applying for this opportunity or wish to receive further information, please contact Sean Turton on 01254781300 or email a copy of your current CV to sean@serlimited.com